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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 36510

This procedure places a small tube into a vein in a newborn's umbilical cord stump to give fluids, medications, or draw blood, or to perform other treatments. It uses a natural access point available only in the first days after birth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn) cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$81.28 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$490 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $89 to $14,454Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $50 to $282
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$126

CA $1,122RI $75.86

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.